Lily Evans/Severus Snape anonymous exchange

Title: Call of the Dark
Author: esmestrella
Recipient: orpheus_samhain
Rating: R
Words: ~3,800
Warnings: Some purple prose, brief drug use, slight dub-con (but see rating; no sex).
Summary: Severus has learned that Dark magic can burn away his imperfections, but can he convince Lily to see it his way?
Author's Notes: For orpheus_samhain, who at the eleventh hour was bereft of a gift. This exchange's raison d'etre should not go without! Request included plot, angst, dark, after Hogwarts, Lily not returning and/or playing with Severus's feelings, and Severus as "a flesh and blood person: desires, ambitions, complexes, weaknesses but also brains". Thanks to my betas hobgoblinn and lilyevans_snape, who did record-breaking turnaround time on this.

( Call of the Dark )

Title: Mind The Gap, Please
Author: tjwritter
Recipient: all LE/SS shippers!
Rating: R
Words: ~4,000
Warnings: Major characters are all DEAD!
Summary: Faced with seven choices of where to spend eternity, Severus rides into the sunset…
Author's Notes: This is for all the readers, writers and artists of less_for_you. It is a collection of all the prompts I was presented with. I hope you enjoy!! (First three paragraphs in italics are taken directly from Deathly Hallows, with one slight modification.)

( Mind The Gap, Please )

Title: The Fates
Author: missyvortexdv
Recipient: tjwritter
Rating: PG-13
Words: ~4,000
Warnings: none
Summary: Severus had hope once, and what life did not take away from him, he gave away bit by bit in a fruitless search for something better than this.
Author's Notes: Written for tjwritter.

( The Fates )

Title: Severus Snape Sends His Regrets
Author: tjwritter
Recipient: lovesnape
Rating: NC-17
Words: ~7,000
Warnings: wank, angst, Snape as a Death Eater, cruelty to a Marauder, explicit sex
Summary: What do you give the happy couple who has everything? What if Harry wasn’t the only Potter who received a few of Snape’s choice memories?
Author's Notes: This is for lovesnape. It was a pleasure to receive your request. You gave me so very many choices, including my favorites: dominant!Snape, looking back!Snape and a new one that I thoroughly enjoyed, dark!Snape. I hope you enjoy!! Beta: A.

( Severus Snape Sends His Regrets )

Title: More Than This
Author: psyfic
Recipient: bewarethesmirk
Rating: R
Words: ~4,000
Warnings: groping, Lily and Severus are 16
Summary: Was Severus going to try to get Remus in trouble again? Lily hated that she still felt compelled to help him...
Author's Notes: Thanks to my beta, britpicker, and hotels with ethernet service.

( More Than This )

Title: Lilies Are Red, Roses Are Blue
Author: esmestrella
Recipient: misterporcelain
Rating: NC-17
Words: ~5,500
Warnings: Sexual activity between teenagers (who are of age in their jurisdiction); gratuitous ignoring of canon; fluff; extreme sappiness; Severus being too pretty; no nutritional value.
Summary: Best friends? Maybe so, but clearly there have been some other thoughts occurring on both sides as well.
Author's Notes: Thanks to my beta spidermoth. Request was for Marauder era, shy Snape, long hair, awkwardness, first time having sex/kissing/etc (but no PWP), fluff, and preferably above PG-13. Wa-hey, I think I might have ticked most of those boxes. Bon appetit!

( Lilies are Red, Roses are Blue )

Title: Last Kiss
Artist: venturous
Recipient: pennswoods
Rating: PG
Warnings: sweet and sad
Artist's Notes: I loved making this for you, pennswoods! I was privileged to get to know Severus and Lily at this age, as well as celebrating how much your Snaping has meant to me and our fandom! oil on canvas, 16 x 20"

( Last Kiss )

Title: Things Lily Thinks But Never Says in Fourth Year
Author: bewarethesmirk
Recipient: peskywhistpaw
Rating: PG-13
Words: ~4,000
Warnings: None.
Summary: Lily Evans thinks fourth year will be the same as third year, but she’ll be proven wrong on more than one occasion by none other than her friend, Severus Snape.
Author's Notes: I really hope you enjoy this, peskywhistpaw! Thank you to the mods for their never-ending patience. I’ve put them through the ringer. Thanks to T for the beta!

( Things Lily Thinks But Never Says in Fourth Year )

Title: Which Alters When It Alteration Finds
Author: lovesnape
Recipient: blindsabre
Rating: PG-13
Words: ~9,000
Warnings: none, except maybe lots of cheese?
Summary: It is April of 1981. Lily and Snape have been out of school for three years, and out of touch for five. Their falling out haunts Lily, though she does her utmost to live in happiness. Severus, meanwhile, lives a life of suffering and darkness. His only hope of redemption lies in reestablishing the severed ties of their friendship.
Author's Notes: I was prompted for fluff, tragedy, and Severus's thoughts. I did my best to incorporate the lot. It’s more Lily-centric, however. Still, I hope I did the prompt justice.

( Which Alters When It Alteration Finds )

Title: A Piece Of Our Memories
Artist: blindsabre
Recipient: psyfic
Rating: G
Warnings: none
Artist's Notes: none

( A Piece Of Our Memories )

Title: The Place That August Brings
Author: peskywhistpaw
Recipient: esmestrella
Rating: G
Words: ~2,000
Warnings: None
Summary: There is a place between two houses, halfway to Spinner's End and halfway from Buckthorn Hollow… One August night, Severus and Lily find themselves in dire need of an escape.
Author's Notes: This gave me such inexplicable trouble, despite its size! But I really do hope that you enjoy it!

( The Place That August Brings )

Title: Recovering Eroded Trust
Author: alwaysasnapefan
Recipient: missyvortexdv
Rating: NC-17
Words: ~10,200
Warnings: Violent sex (Severus/Remus, non-con for Severus and dub-con for Remus), used by Voldemort to make a point. Also, slight non-con Greyback/Severus.
Summary: There are obstacles along the way, but Lily and Severus grow to love and trust ach other again. Sometimes recovering eroded trust takes a little forgiving. And, of course, a little forgetting.
Author's Notes: This is actually the second version of this story. The first was very random and very fluffy. I hope you like how I revamped it.

( Recovering Eroded Trust )

Title: Why Summer Orchids Wither
Author: xnymphadorax
Recipient: pettydreams
Rating: PG
Words: ~9,600
Warnings: None
Summary: When Lily finds herself unable to remember the last two years of her life, she turns to Severus for guidance. What she discovers could mean unlocking a future that once passed her by.
Author's Notes: For pettydreams who wanted pre-Hogwarts and/or post-Hogwarts, family, Petunia, snarkiness, potions, prophecy and Harry. I didn’t quite get everything but your prompts inspired a story I never fathomed I could write. I hope you enjoy it.
Thank you to my beta, S, who encouraged me, corrected me and listened to my complaining.
*The dialog in some scenes has been taken directly from canon.

( Why Summer Orchids Wither )

Title: Surrogate Kisses
Artist: pennswoods
Recipient: psyfic
Rating: PG-13 for smoking
Warnings: none
Artist's Notes: I tried to come as close as I could manage to your request for a mirror image with Lily sharing a magical treat with Severus from Zonko's and the opposite image of Severus sharing a cigarette with Lily during the summer. I was, alas, overcome by the
irrational urge to draw Snape's hands.

( Surrogate Kisses )

Title: Five Times Lily and Severus Almost Made It
Author: butterfly_kate
Recipient: for all LE/SS shippers!
Rating: PG
Words: ~2,000
Warnings: none
Summary: It should have been easy. Sometimes it seemed like it could be.
Author's Notes: With thanks to S for the beta.

( Five Times Lily and Severus Almost Made It )

Title: Summer Shade
Author: esmestrella
Recipient: alexajohnson
Rating: R
Words: ~5,000
Warnings: None
Summary: Lily shares some of her young sexual curiosity with Severus, but that may not have been the best idea.
Author's Notes: Request was for "whatif!scenarios, pre-Hogwarts, angst, hurt/comfort, unrequited love". Sort-of-three out of five ain't bad? I think it's at least ambiguous whether it's requited love or not, and there's angst at the end. AU: Severus and Lily didn't grow apart and then crash and burn they way they did in canon. They are still quite good friends in the summer after sixth year. Thanks to my betas who_la_hoop and juniperus. Hope you enjoy!

( Summer Shade )

Title: After Hours
Artist: misterporcelain
Recipient: jenwryn
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: None
Artist's Notes: After hours in the library... those naughty kids. Yes, I know Severus's hand is wonky. Shut up. First time drawing Lily, I think it came out pretty well.

( After Hours )

Title: To Save a Life
Author: alexajohnson
Recipient: esmestrella
Rating: PG
Words: ~2,000
Warnings: None!
Summary: How different would Severus Snape’s life have been if Lily Evans had decided to forgive him?
Author's Notes: For the purpose of this story, the Whomping Willow incident happens right after the OWLs instead of before them. This is my first ever attempt at Snape/Lily, so I hope I’ve done them justice! Many thanks to my beta—you know who you are. =)

( To Save a Life )

Title: One Night for a Lifetime
Author: lavinialavender
Recipient: torino10154
Rating: PG-13 for one use of "fuck," I guess
Words: ~4,000
Warnings: none
Summary: Lily decides she and her best friend need to loosen up.
Author's Notes: It's funny how Severus being a lovesick puppy is now IC, isn't it? Hope you enjoy!

( One Night for a Lifetime )

Title: Observations Unobserved
Author: jenwryn
Recipient: lavinialavender
Rating: PG-13
Words: ~3,000
Warnings: Some mild coarse language; wanders around canon nervously.
Summary: Told mostly from Lily’s PoV, this story presents a series of moments from Lily and Severus’s relationship. Swinging between childhood and adolescence, Hogwarts and summer holidays, happiness and not-so-happiness, together they weave a story of friendship and love.
Author's Notes: I really did intend to avoid angst, but my muse is to angst as bees are to honey – but, at the very least, I’ve attempted to make it hopeful honey! It’s a little experimental (at least for me), which is probably not the smartest thing to do for a Fic Exchange, but my muse has had to work overtime on this one, what with Real Life baying at the door, and she seems to work her weirdest under pressure. Either way, I do hope lavinialavender enjoys it. That’s the main thing."

( Observations Unobserved )